TERRIFYING: Clare O'Neill was had her car stolen by thieves with her baby inside

Clare O'Neill, 39, was grabbed and “shoved” to the floor by thugs as they seized her Audi A3 in a quiet suburb of Acocks Green, south-east Birmingham, on Thursday afternoon.

Dozens of police were deployed to chase down the carjackers and rescue her baby girl Eliza, who was found 45 minutes later safe and well in her car seat.

She was found by ambulance crew at a health centre in Small Heath, Birmingham, some four miles away from where the thieves nicked her car.

Clare was taken to hospital with facial injuries but has today been released, revealing she has been left “extremely shaken” by the terrifying ordeal.

A picture released by West Midlands Police today shows Clare smiling while cradling her baby with a bloodied face and chipped tooth.

She said in the emotional statement: "I am still extremely shaken about what has happened and we, as a family are still trying to come to terms with what has happened.

"Eliza is thankfully safe and well, but the people responsible clearly knew she was in my car when it was taken, putting the life of our four-week-old baby at risk as a result of their personal greed.”

Clare’s car was stolen after she arrived home on Marie Drive with Eliza in a baby carrier on the back seat.

Officers said the two thugs pounced and demanded her car keys at around 4pm on Thursday.

WEST MIDLANDS POLICE

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